It's important to understand that in wealthy families like these, etiquette is paramount. Younger members of the opposite sex are rarely brought home. If someone is brought home, it generally means that the relationship between the person and the family is acknowledged and accepted.
Back then, it wasn't until she gave birth to Ying'er and Xiaoyu that Zhu Zhizhou took her back to meet his parents. Even so, she and her two daughters still suffered cold looks and ridicule from the old man.
"Mom, since you came with Dad and the others, where are they? Why did they leave you alone?" Zhu Qianyu then remembered the question she had asked earlier.
"Your dad...he's gone mad!"
To be honest, in the past twenty-one years, Zhu Zhizhou hadn't exactly treated her well, but this was the first time she had ever seen him act so fiercely, as if he wanted to kill her to vent his anger.
They were probably truly driven to the brink of desperation. They thought the Ji family was their last glimmer of hope, but little did they know that this glimmer of hope would be extinguished completely by the Ji family before it even began to ignite.
Chen Jing thought she was a frog in a well, but now she realizes that compared to the Ji family, Zhu Zhizhou and his son are also just frogs in a well.
"Huh? Are you crazy?"
Zhu Qianyu didn't understand her mother's meaning for a moment, and frowned as she asked back.
Chen Jing had originally planned to keep it a secret from her daughter, but after hearing so much from her daughter, she felt there was no need to hide it anymore.
Ultimately, both the eldest and youngest daughters saw the true nature of Takenozu and the Takenozu family much more clearly than she did.
Chen Jing briefly recounted what had happened at the hotel, where Zhu Zhizhou had taken his anger out on her. After listening, Zhu Qianyu was so angry that her hands trembled.
"Mom, don't go back. I'll talk to my sister and help you rent a place in R City. I'll live with you."
“Xiaoyu…” Chen Jing felt it was inappropriate. In fact, Ying’er had also said that she would help her find a place to move out after she got married, but that would only be done after she and Yan Shao got married.
"Mom, don't get involved in this. Let me discuss it with my sister."
As Zhu Qianyu spoke, she took out her phone and dialed a number. Chen Jing tried to stop her, but it was too late.
"Sister, Mom was kidnapped by Dad and Zhu Junzhao early this morning and brought to R City to negotiate with Uncle Ji and Aunt Tong..."
Zhu Qianyu held the phone and recounted everything Chen Jing had told her to Zhu Qianying on the other end of the line, like spilling beans.
"Sister, what I mean is, I'll rent a place in R City and live with Mom. Anyway, your wedding is coming up soon, and Mom doesn't need to go back to the Zhu family to be bullied."
Seeing that her daughters had gone this far, Chen Jing had no choice but to let them make the arrangements.
Everyone says that raising children is for old age security, but she's not even old yet, and her two daughters are already causing her a lot of worry!
"Sister, do you think my arrangement is appropriate?"
Zhu Qianying in L City only then realized that her mother hadn't gone out for a day to work as a caregiver, but had been "kidnapped" to R City by her scumbag father.
However, upon hearing what Xiaoyu relayed, Zhu Qianying felt extremely pleased, and her impression of the Ji family improved even further.
However, the kindness shown by the Ji family to the mother and her two daughters cannot be used as a reason to shift their burdens onto others.
"Xiaoyu, your plan is good, but have you forgotten that your own safety is threatened? Are you sure it's okay to leave Mom in R City with you?"
Hearing her sister say this, Zhu Qianyu remembered that she had been driven around by a driver recently, and it seemed that she also had bodyguards secretly protecting her. If she brought her mother along, wouldn't that obviously increase the burden on the Ji family?
"How about this, you take care of Mom tonight, and I'll come pick her up tomorrow. Since she and Dad have already fallen out, there's nothing else to worry about. I'll just arrange a place for her to stay."
Zhu Qianying, from L City, has already opened the rental agency's page and is preparing to rent an apartment temporarily to stay with her mother.
After hanging up the phone, Zhu Qianyu called Letong and said that she had something to do that day and wanted to stay in the dormitory for the night.
Le Tong probably learned from the bodyguard that Chen Jing had gone to see Zhu Qianyu. "Xiaoyu, did your mother go looking for you? How about this, you bring your mother back with you, and we can have a meeting as parents. Is that okay?"
As for Le Tong, she had already learned about Zhu Qianyu's mother from elsewhere, and what she said in the morning did not target Chen Jing, who was practically invisible.
As a woman herself, Yue Tong felt sorry for Chen Jing, but at the same time, she also felt that Chen Jing was hateful.
It is both pathetic and hateful for a woman to treat herself merely as an appendage to a man, living only for his pleasure, and forgetting even her basic human dignity.
Of course, Le Tong didn't tell anyone these things, after all, that was her future in-law, Zhu Qianyu's mother.
"Aunt Tong, won't this be too much trouble for you?" Zhu Qianyu asked hesitantly.
Although she was still young, she knew that she had caused the Ji family a lot of trouble recently.
"What's the trouble? There are only a few people in our family. It's just cooking one more meal for your mother and adding an extra set of chopsticks and bowls. Alright, come home with your mother after school. You two can have a good chat tonight. It's settled then. I'm hanging up now!"
After finishing her sentence, Le Tong hung up the phone without giving Zhu Qianyu any chance to back out.
Zhu Qianyu hung up the phone, looked up at her mother and said, "Mom, Aunt Tong asked me to bring you home for dinner tonight, so that both sets of parents can meet."
Chen Jing was slightly hesitant. "Xiaoyu, isn't this inappropriate? This morning, I went to the Ji family's with your father and caused quite a scene..."
Zhu Qianyu thought about the Ji family's attitude towards her, and then about their attitude towards her father and eldest brother. She basically understood that the Ji family were all people who clearly distinguished between love and hate.
"Mom, it's Dad who's making a fuss, not you. Aunt Tong is very clear about the difference. She repeatedly told me to bring you back with me, which means they really want to see you. In that situation this morning, even if she wanted to be polite to you, she couldn't, right?"
Chen Jing thought about it and realized that it was true. In that situation that morning, if Ruoletong and the others were friendly to her, it would actually harm her.
"Besides, as long as Ji Huan and I are together, it's only a matter of time before you two meet. Instead of putting it off, why not meet sooner rather than later? That way, Mom, you can feel more at ease, don't you think?"
After hearing her daughter's analysis, how could Chen Jing find a reason to refuse?
Moreover, she really should meet the other party's parents as a parent. For so many years, she has only known how to hide in her own shell. Now, it is time to fulfill her duties and responsibilities as a mother.
“Okay, Mom will go back with you tonight.” Chen Jing finally nodded.
Even after nodding, Chen Jing was still uneasy the whole way.
Although she was ignorant, she had heard of the Ji family in R City.
After all, when she was still a chef at Mingxuan Hotel, the Ji family was a major client of Mingxuan.
Is it really alright for such a wealthy family to treat their daughter so well?
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